{"id":8460,"date":"2002-12-23T17:54:10","date_gmt":"2002-12-23T22:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/2002\/12\/23\/cardinal-arinze-reflects-on-liturgical-changes\/"},"modified":"2002-12-23T17:54:10","modified_gmt":"2002-12-23T22:54:10","slug":"cardinal-arinze-reflects-on-liturgical-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2002\/12\/cardinal-arinze-reflects-on-liturgical-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinal Arinze Reflects on Liturgical Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"

VATICAN, Dec 20, 02 (CWNews.com) — Cardinal Francis
\nArinze, the new prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, has offered his
\nfirst public comments on the state of the Catholic liturgy, in an interview
\npublished by the Italian monthly 30 Giorni. The Nigerian cardinal, who was named
\nto head the Congregation for Divine Worship on October 1, took the Second
\nVatican Council as his reference point, and remarked on the condition of the
\nliturgy 40 years after the Vatican II renewal. <\/font><\/p>\n

The 70-year-old prelate was a participant in the
\nproceedings of Vatican II, having been named a coadjutor archbishop of Onitsha,
\nNigeria, at the age of 33. The Council, he said, was “a great school” for those
\nwho attended, and a turning point for the life of the Church. <\/font><\/p>\n

However, Cardinal Arinze observed that the introduction
\nof the vernacular language in the liturgy “was not done without difficulty.”
\nSome traditional prayers, he said, “are not easy to translate.” And proper
\ntranslation is an enormous task, he continued, because “we have to be faithful
\nnot only to the spirit of the Council, but especially to what was said and
\nwritten.” He complained that “many bishops and priests have not adequately
\nstudied the texts of the Council,” and as a result changes in the liturgy have
\noften been done improperly. <\/font><\/p>\n

Cardinal Arinze expressed a dim view of “creativity” in
\nthe liturgy, remarking that if priests make their own changes in the ritual,
\n“there were will as many kinds of Masses are there are priests.” Everyone
\ninvolved in the liturgy, he said– including lectors and choir members as well
\nas ministers– should be careful not to “attract attention to themselves rather
\nthan to the mysteries they celebrate.” <\/font><\/p>\n

“The Church did not begin today, and will not end with
\nme,” the Nigerian cardinal said. “The Church was established by the Lord, and
\nher tradition of sacred rites cannot be changing from one day to the
\nnext.”
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